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Energy

These Drones Have A Flair For Flares: UAVs Are Taking Over The Dangerous Work Of Inspecting Industrial Assets

Bruce Watson
February 14, 2017
If you’ve ever driven by a petroleum refinery, you’ve probably seen a flare stack “on fire.” What looks like shooting flames are the waste gases produced during chemical manufacturing burning off. At the stacks’ mouths, the heat can reach into the hundreds of degrees, and the metal is under constant, intense pressure. The slightest crack or the smallest amount of corrosion in the wrong place could cause a fire that would shut down the plant — not to mention endanger the lives of the people who work there.
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things on Earth This Week

February 10, 2017
Engineers are turning trees into power plants, using sound waves to hear the footsteps of disease, and building an AI that can warn you when you are talking too much. Enough said.
 

This AI Can Tell You When To Shut Up

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Indonesia Jump Starts Rural Electrification Plan

February 03, 2017
More than four million Indonesian families living in isolated rural, and island locations, will soon have access to reliable, affordable electricity for the first time.
Communities in the remote parts of Lampung, Pontianak, Bangka, Riau, Belitung, Ampenan, Paya Pasir, and Nias provinces, are the beneficiaries of a new energy plan announced by the Indonesian state utility, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) on December 8, 2016.
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Energy

Tesla Coal: How Technology Is Helping Eastern European Coal-Fired Power Plants Run Cleaner

Bruce Watson
February 02, 2017
Nikola Tesla is a national hero in Serbia. Although he was born in what is now Croatia, Serbs still recall the day in 1892 when the scientist made his first, and only, visit to Belgrade, the Serbian capital. But it feels like he’s never left.
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It’s electrifying! New Zealand’s energy incubator

January 31, 2017
Got thoughts on energy management? Get set. Today Creative HQ, New Zealand’s widely acclaimed and long-running startup-commercialisation base in the city of Wellington, puts spark to a tinder of ideas for the electricity industry. “We’ve noticed various industries in which a faster innovation environment could have real impact,” says Nick Churchouse, CHQ’s head of customer engagement.
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Cambodia Eyes Hydro, Steam and Fast Power Innovation

January 11, 2017
An early start, and heavy rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of Cambodia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Suy Sem, the US Ambassador to Cambodia, William Heidt, and more than 140 guests attending the Powering Cambodia workshop in Phnom Penh on November 22.
Organized by Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and GE, the event attracted industry stakeholders including government officials, business and power sector leaders, investors, and GE experts from around the world, to discuss new solutions to help Cambodia reach its energy goals.
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7 bright ideas on renewable energy

December 16, 2016
Meet Nick Miller, a US power-systems engineer with a passion for integrating renewables into electricity grids. Here's a guy who can ramp up a high-energy discussion just by rubbing wind and sun together.
His work in applied engineering and research over the past 36 years has amassed a sheaf of patents; many relating to the control systems of  GE wind turbines and wind farms are designed to make these renewable powerhouses ever better citizens on the world’s electricity grids.
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GE and Baker Hughes to form new fullstream digital-industrial service company

December 15, 2016

GE and Baker Hughes agreed to combine GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes to create a world-leading oil and gas technology and services provider. The new name of the company will be Baker Hughes, a GE Company.

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GE và Baker Hughes tạo ra công ty dịch vụ công nghiệp số dầu khí trọn gói
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Don’t let the lights go out in Australia

December 09, 2016
Energy runs your life. Most commonly transmitted as electricity, it runs your home, your workplace, your city and our nation. Without it everything stops and the lights go out.
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. Almost instantly it became indispensable to modern life. He went on to create General Electric, sometimes better known as GE.
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World's largest floating LNG ship will call Australia home

December 02, 2016
It’s not unusual to see giant cruise or cargo ships out at sea today. But even by those standards, Shell’s new floating liquefied natural gas facility is huge.
Dubbed Prelude, after the gas field where it will operate off the coast of northwestern Australia, the massive facility is 488 metres long and 74 meters wide. Its footprint is as large as four soccer fields.
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